Today, a group of citizens is staging a sit-in at your office at 120 Broadway.Whereas most sit-ins aim to disrupt, ours will be different: our goal is topropel you forward.

President Obama has tasked you with co-chairing the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Fraud Task Force, and the last thing we want to do is getin your way. However, since the creation of this unit, over four hundred thousand homes have been foreclosed on–that’s over four thousand aday—and not a single bank or corporate criminal has been brought to justice.

Your job title is “The People’s Lawyer.” We are the People. We want to helpyou with the People’s Investigation of mortgage-backed securities fraud andother crimes of the recidivist banking industry. We know that the only path tolasting structural reform involves holding accountable those institutions thatcommitted fraud.

We’ve read reports that you have not been given the staff or the resourcesyou were promised. That is unacceptable, so we are stepping up. You saidrecently, “I need everyone out there to help us make this investigation asstrong and thorough as it needs to be.” (The American Prospect, 4/23/12)

We are here to answer your call.

We’re tired of transactional politics. We are pushing for transformationalchange. We want justice that is sweeping, swift, and blind to the influenceand power of those who are guilty. We know you want the same. But wealso know that you face considerable political resistance–which is whywe’re here today to help.

Sincerely,

The May Fourth Committee for Equal Justice Under the LawConcerned Constituents of the Economy